Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop read more

Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses
Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.

But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

The child of misery, baptized in tears!

The child of misery, baptized in tears!